▪︎Flowers and Chocolates▪︎
RUBY
The second Miles vanishes, Alex pulls the car door open for me.
"What the f**k was that?"
"Let's get inside first." Alex mutters.
Although I'm feeling better and stable now, he insists on holding my waist as we walk to his house.
I'm surprised to find his livingroom neat and tidy. Everything has been put in place, which is so unlike him.
I sink in the black couch and look up at him. I've never seen him this uncomfortable and restless before.
"Look, I know I should have told you the truth." He swallows hard. "But... I wasn't ready to come out yet..."
"You think I didn't know?"
"You knew?"
"I wasn't sure but I suspected it when we were kids. You never liked girls and I used to see how you looked at your male friends. But then you started hooking up
